drail

/dɹeɪl/

drail means A hook with a lead shank. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 92 out of 100.

drail is pronounced /dɹeɪl/.

Etymology

From Middle English *drailen (attested as drailed), a variant of Middle English trailen (“to hang loosely, drag along, drag away”), from a merger of Old French trailer, traillier (“to trail”) and Old English trǣġlian, trǣġelian (“to pluck, pull away”). The alteration of trailen to drailen was probably due to influence from Middle English dragan, drawen (“to drag, draw”).

noun

A hook with a lead shank.
The piece of lead around the shank of such a hook.
The iron bow of a plough from which the traces draw.

verb

To trawl.“drailing for mackerel”